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Salome
Broadway Legend / MdN Veteran
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I cant believe Denis Quilley has no votes and yet erveris and Depp do.
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dolbinau
Broadway Legend
Joined: Wed Apr 02, 2008 5:26 am
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Location: Australia
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Neither. Why are these people voting for actors they have actually seen/heard their performances of? It just doesn't make sense why they wouldn't vote for an obscure Sweeney featured on no commercial recordings who played the role 20 years ago.
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RainbowJude
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Location: Musical Cyberspace
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 Best Sweeney? As a listening experience, the revival isn't a patch on the OBC. Everything in the revival just sounds so forced - although I can't really say that Cerveris's general sound was one of the things that bothered me.
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Little Lottee
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Joined: Sun May 06, 2012 4:09 pm
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Location: Arizona
Current Obsession: The Phantom Of The Opera, George Hearn as Sweeney
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Re: Best Sweeney? I've only heard Len Carirou's Epiphany, and watched the movie with Johnny Depp.
BUT, my Intro To Theatre class watched the version with George Hearn & Angela Lansbury last week to end our play viewings of the semester. I looooved the way Hearn interpreted Sweeney; so maniacal, yet comical at the same time. I absolutely adored the way he delivered Epiphany; SO much feeling and anguish!
Therefore, my vote goes for George Hearn, hands down.
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Yakko
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Location: Lousiana
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Re: Best Sweeney? George Hearn
Len Cariou
Brian Stokes Mitchell
Denis Quilley
Though I really wish that Kelsey Grammer did a recording of Sweeney Todd. I would love to see how he portrayed the role
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Pannic
Broadway Legend / MdN Veteran
Joined: Thu Jul 19, 2007 9:21 pm
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Location: California
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Re: Best Sweeney? I think Thomas Allen and Bryn Terfel deserve mentions.
Even if Bryn Terfel only has "Epiphany" and "A Little Priest" recorded.
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Jeanne Valjean
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Re: Best Sweeney? I'm only going to rank the Sweeney's I've either seen, or heard close to complete recordings of. I think it's unfair to rank based off of only one or two songs.
1) Len Cariou
2) George Hearn (1982)
3) George Hearn (Concerts)
4) Marc Jacoby
5) Johnny Depp
6) Michael Cerveris
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BroadwayBatgirl07
Fresh Face
Joined: Mon May 21, 2012 3:34 pm
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Location: Long Island
Current Obsession: Phantom of the Opera
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Re: Best Sweeney? Personally, I like Hearn the best, but I think that's simply because I was introduced to Sweeney Todd through the Hearn/Lansbury recorded performance DVD. I just love how, after Lovett says 'Good, ya got it?' in A Little Preist, he actually comes out with a full-on "HA!!". Most Sweeney'd I've taken a listen to kind of mutter "Ah..."
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Chenoholic
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Joined: Mon Nov 05, 2012 4:37 pm
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Location: Somewhere Out There
Current Obsession: Kristin Chenoweth
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Re: Best Sweeney? I voted for Cariou because most were voting for Hearn. It is a toss up for me.
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santsprz
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Joined: Wed Jun 16, 2010 9:02 pm
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Location: Mexico
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Re: Best Sweeney? 1) George Hearn
2) Len Cariou
3) Bob Gunton
4) Denis Quilley
5) Thomas Allen
of the Sweeneys I've heard or seen.
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